Fine artifact jewelry & museum reproductions

The ancient Greeks idolized intellect and spirit, while gods shared mortal passions and flaws to make themselves more accessible to humans. Beauty and harmony were truly at the heart of the ancient Greek civilization. This never fails to inspire our intellectual, scientific and spiritual worlds.

Each jewel uncovers an epic highlight from 5000 years of self-decoration and is curated with passion since 1928 by the Vaphiadis family, a virtuoso signature in the field for 5 generations. Our jewelry collection has been consistently preferred by various royalties, heads of state and international personalities and is also sold through a host of top world class museums such as the Louvre.

Aphrodite (Venus)

Aphrodite (Venus later by the Romans) was the goddess of Beauty. She was so beautiful that the other gods feared rivalry over her might ruin the peace and drive the gods to war. Therefore Zeus married her off to Hephaestus who was so ugly and deformed, could not possibly be seen as a threat. Despite this, Aphrodite had many lovers among which we...

Aphrodite (Venus later by the Romans) was the goddess of Beauty. She was so beautiful that the other gods feared rivalry over her might ruin the peace and drive the gods to war. Therefore Zeus married her off to Hephaestus who was so ugly and deformed, could not possibly be seen as a threat. Despite this, Aphrodite had many lovers among which were Hermes, Aries and the handsome Adonis.

. In a fierce competition between the goddesses over the 'apple of discord' a golden apple is thrown at the goddesses inscribed 'to the fairest'. Passionately three godesses all claim the apple. These were Hera, Athena and Aphrodite, and so Zeus not wanting to get involved in this feud of his wife and daughters appoints the decision for a mortal to decide, Paris.

All 3 godesses try to bribe Paris with powers. Hera offers him power, Athena offers him wisdom glory and heroic victory over his enemies in battle and finally Venus offers him Helen.. the most beautiful mortal woman in the world. Blinded by the power of Aphrodite and by Helen's beauty, Paris chooses Helen of Troy and this leads to the Trojan wars.

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Fine artifact jewelry & museum reproductions

The ancient Greeks idolized intellect and spirit, while gods shared mortal passions and flaws to make themselves more accessible to humans. Beauty and harmony were truly at the heart of the ancient Greek civilization. This never fails to inspire our intellectual, scientific and spiritual worlds.

Each jewel uncovers an epic highlight from 5000 years of self-decoration and is curated with passion since 1928 by the Vaphiadis family, a virtuoso signature in the field for 5 generations. Our jewelry collection has been consistently preferred by various royalties, heads of state and international personalities and is also sold through a host of top world class museums such as the Louvre.